Jen Rissanen

Mom, wife, enjoy being outdoors, high school teacher

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

Yet another reason why I love Kingsway - at Polar Bear Plunge my daughter’s principal, classroom and French teachers all waited (after they jumped in and were freezing cold and wet) cheering the kids on. Thanks for all you do guys!! @darrenlentz1 #LPSTB @roots2harvest

[Nick Sacevich @NSacevich]

Ms. Rissanen's dance class doing a team building activity requiring agility and coordination.

Mr. McCallum and I once tried the same team building activity with significantly worse results....

@LakeheadSchools @LPS_Westgate

[David Rockower @dgrock]

"Do you have a metric for measuring relationship quality? Do you have teams reviewing relationship quality? Do you know where relationships are good and where they are bad? How many recent ed reform trends have been about relationship-building?" https://t.co/hjiVhe4AMU

[ONTSpecialNeeds @ONTSpecialNeeds]

Punishing children by taking away recess or physical education classes reduces their already-scarce opportunities for physical activity.

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

@LPS_Westgate

[ONTSpecialNeeds @ONTSpecialNeeds]

Good luck to all H.S. students writing their exams! Here are some great studying and exam prep secrets.

[Anika Guthrie @AnikaCheyenne]

Former @LPS_Westgate student and award winning film maker Michelle Latimer @NORTHERNGRRL shares her story with @LakeheadSchools students
Being told that you can heal through storytelling and the arts started her on this journey

[Connie Walker @connie_walker]

“Seventy per cent of children in Nunavut go to bed hungry. I don't think we can say that statistic often enough,” said Diana Bronson, executive director of Food Secure Canada, a pan-Canadian alliance of food activist organizations.

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

@roots2harvest @darrenlentz1 @LPS_Westgate You can borrow it from Canadian Geographic. They loan it out for 3 weeks at a time. Check out their website to request it.

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

What a great morning with my gr 10&11 English classes and the Indigenous Peoples Atlas giant floor map! Fantastic graphic text! Thanks Kingsway @darrenlentz1 @tesafiddler @CanGeoEdu for a great experience!! @LPS_Westgate #LPStb @LiteracyOn

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

Off to Kingsway today with my grades 10 & 11 English classes to check out this enormous graphic text!!

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

Cooking and sharing food with the grade 1’s was a great opportunity for developing oral communication skills in our ENG2P class!! @LiteracyOn

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

A great morning cooking and sharing food to get into the holiday mood! @LPS_Westgate gr 10’s and Kingsway gr 1’s @darrenlentz1 @NoelJon06333793

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

A great morning cooking and sharing food to get into the holiday mood! @LPS_Westgate gr 10’s and Kingsway gr 1’s @darrenlentz1 @NoelJon06333793

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

What a great morning with the grade 1’s!

[Westgate CVI @LPS_Westgate]

Keeping the tiger winning streak alive, Westgate's junior volleyball team also walks away this week with a gold! Outstanding!!! :) https://t.co/ZM5Xr6bph6

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

Leif and Andi from Thunder Bay, Canada! Go Padres! #SDinHD @Padres

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

Rissanens from Thunder Bay, Canada! 🇨🇦 Go Padres! #SDINHD

[Jen Rissanen @JenRissanen]

@LiteracyOn https://t.co/pVlaGy6etj

[ᐊᓂᔑᓋᐯᒧᐄᓐ @PreserveOjibway]

Our ᐊᓂᔑᓋᐯᒧᐄᓐ Keyboard is now on #GoogleInputTools! Check it out! https://t.co/mdM6GqkAwu #TBCSchools #Anishinaabemowin #FNMI #onted #tbay @GoogleForEdu @googlecanada